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Puckman wrote in post #18056284
Did anyone here see my question a few days back about wet cleaning the sensor on the A7R2?

Beyond the basic dust spots that can be blown away by the rocket blower, I am concern that there may be a film that's built up over time, from my use by the beach (there is no avoiding the ocean spray and mist, no matter how careful one is).
I don't really notice any particular issue in my images (beyond the fact that I haven't been very inspired lately). But I see the kind of misty residue that i have to wipe off my lenses after beach outings, and I wonder if my sensor shouldn't have gotten at least a bit of that despite my best efforts to keep it out of the way.

Thoughts?

And so, how do you wet clean the sony sensor? (I've heard conflicting reports so far, involving IBIS and eclipse fluids).

I use eclipse fluid in combination with sensor swabs. Just make sure you drip the liquid on the swap first instead directly on your sensor.
Never had an issue.

Randy told me to do that
I thought if I hit reply it would like to the exact post.
OK, sorry, but I'm willing to learn and will click quote next time and see what happens.
You know I just barely make it in this world.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18056295
Randy told me to do that
I thought if I hit reply it would like to the exact post.
OK, sorry, but I'm willing to learn and will click quote next time and see what happens.
You know I just barely make it in this world.

Well, it does link to the exact post but I have no idea what post it is until I click the link in the upper right of your post. By using the "quote" button, everything is combined into a single post. ▲

No problem really...I'm just lazy and get lost easily too.

Anyone here have both the FE 90 Macro and the Batis 85? If so, is the Batis AF faster? The FE 90 is a very sharp lens, but it can be frustratingly slow (Specially in AF-C mode) when trying to track a moving person (semi-portrait).
Curious if the Batis is more on point for that kind of usage.

Help, thoughts from my Sony family here.
I know several of you also have Sony a6300.
We bought it before and took it to Iceland...temp there for practical purposes
was never over freezing....the a6300 did well.
Today out back working the hawk the a6300 just sitting, not shooting, not videoing
overheats. I was setting up back-button-focus for Poof and the red warning appeared in
the viewfinder and then the camera shut down!
Poof exclaims 'junk, why did I buy this piece of junk'.
It was 87F and we were sitting directly in the Sun.
We were early adopters of this camera but not that early.
Thoughts?
Gene I know it gets warm where you are.
Eriet even warmer in your area.
We've got Panama in a couple of months and it will be hotter there.
She's very disappointed and I can't say I blame here.
Internet searches say to keep the LCD pulled away from the body for 4K recording
but we're talking about simply imaging.

Wish we had some of those lovely cool 87 degree days here. When we moved to GA I knew I'd be missing KC big time when July rolled around.

Just a post to be part of the "leet" page.

lapino wrote in post #18056172
so you sold the a7r2 for the a6300? how do you find the a6300? been using my a6000 next to my nikon d750 ever since the Sony launched and about 70 percent of my pics are with the Sony so thinking about upgrading.

It wasn't a direct a7rII to a6300 swap (had a few systems in between) but for me I'm happy with the end result. Don't get me wrong the a7rII will put out better files no question about it. More resolution, more room for cropping. Much better low light performance. With the a7rII I wouldn't even worry about 6400, even 8000-10,000 was clean. 12,800 when exposed right would be fine for me. I often set auto ISO to 12,800. With the a6300 my comfortable level is around 4,000 or so. At 6,400 is pretty much my max. Everything IQ related will lean towards the a7rII.

The a6300 wins out for me in terms of speed. Not just higher FPS. I rarely shoot at high frame rates, even if I do it's in super short bursts at high (8fps) not high+ (11fps). Don't do much burst at all because of the camera locking up to flush the buffer. But AF seems faster, AF points are easier to move if I want to move manually. AF seems more accurate to me. Having less shallow DoF is beneficial for me. With the a7rII and the 55 1.8 I would often shoot at 2.8 only because I would miss focus of my kids shooting wide open. Give me all the EyE AF you want but trying to keep a 3yr old still is next to impossible. It works for adults or people who sit still but for my kids wide open was pretty much 50/50. With my a6300 using EyeAF I'm at f/2 or 2.2 and I'm hitting 85-90% of the time.

I prefer the corner EVF especially since I'm a right eye shooter. I no longer have half my face hidden by the screen. I'm don't have my daughter asking where I am and I can survey the scene with my left eye.

It's about 30-40% lighter than the a7rII. The a7 series isn't a heavy camera by any means, my latest K-1 was over 1,000 grams. But it's lighter but not any less dense than the a7 series.

For me personally if faced with buying new I'd rather put the 1,000 towards the a6300 and the rest towards lenses than $3,200 for the a7rII but again I don't shoot for pay, this isn't my livelihood. You can get the a6300 and say 3-5 lenses for H amount you pretty much pay for the a7rII and 1 lens. You can't go wrong either way really. I don't see myself going back. Sure I miss the FF look a lot, sure I miss the 35 being a 35. But for 4 lenses that is have now I'm good for 95% of my shooting. I'll take an a7000 with IBIS, a return of the tri-navi (still my all time favorite camera), touch screen, AF joystick and dual card slots at say $1,700 over an a9 at $4,500.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18056361
Help, thoughts from my Sony family here.
I know several of you also have Sony a6300.
We bought it before and took it to Iceland...temp there for practical purposes
was never over freezing....the a6300 did well.
Today out back working the hawk the a6300 just sitting, not shooting, not videoing
overheats. I was setting up back-button-focus for Poof and the red warning appeared in
the viewfinder and then the camera shut down!
Poof exclaims 'junk, why did I buy this piece of junk'.
It was 87F and we were sitting directly in the Sun.
We were early adopters of this camera but not that early.
Thoughts?
Gene I know it gets warm where you are.
Eriet even warmer in your area.
We've got Panama in a couple of months and it will be hotter there.
She's very disappointed and I can't say I blame here.
Internet searches say to keep the LCD pulled away from the body for 4K recording
but we're talking about simply imaging.

I've only had my a6300 on me for about two weeks so I'm far from ththe expert but I've yet to have mine come close to overheating at all. Granted it's still yet to get really hot here in the NY/NJ area but from my recent travels to theNew England area as well no issues.

I do use the rear screen a lot angled out for low level shooting so maybe That helps.

I haven't experienced any issues with overheating either but I haven't had my a6300 on for long periods of time. The temps here have been 100° + for several days until a couple of days ago (96° today). If I do have any overheating problems, I'll be sure to mention it here.

TMaG82 wrote in post #18056428
I've only had my a6300 on me for about two weeks so I'm far from ththe expert but I've yet to have mine come close to overheating at all. Granted it's still yet to get really hot here in the NY/NJ area but from my recent travels to theNew England area as well no issues.

I do use the rear screen a lot angled out for low level shooting so maybe That helps.

Thanks!

navydoc wrote in post #18056431
I haven't experienced any issues with overheating either but I haven't had my a6300 on for long periods of time. The temps here have been 100° + for several days until a couple of days ago (96° today). If I do have any overheating problems, I'll be sure to mention it here.

Thank you too Gene.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18056361
Help, thoughts from my Sony family here.
I know several of you also have Sony a6300.
We bought it before and took it to Iceland...temp there for practical purposes
was never over freezing....the a6300 did well.
Today out back working the hawk the a6300 just sitting, not shooting, not videoing
overheats. I was setting up back-button-focus for Poof and the red warning appeared in
the viewfinder and then the camera shut down!
Poof exclaims 'junk, why did I buy this piece of junk'.
It was 87F and we were sitting directly in the Sun.
We were early adopters of this camera but not that early.
Thoughts?
Gene I know it gets warm where you are.
Eriet even warmer in your area.
We've got Panama in a couple of months and it will be hotter there.
She's very disappointed and I can't say I blame here.
Internet searches say to keep the LCD pulled away from the body for 4K recording
but we're talking about simply imaging.

105 today hanging on me in the sun.... I overheated (had three nasty signs of heat issues) but never have I had the heat warning on the 6300. I do turn it off a lot though between shooting but even on my airforce show days it was on ALL day 3 batteries and never overheated. I also leave it in the car often and pull it out shoot away car is well over 100 degrees.

Sorry my end I havent had an issue ---- I may fire off shots until it has to buffer then try to force more BUT I dont shoot video if that is what you were doing

Totally unedited, straight out of camera shot.

A7mkii with Samyang 24mm F1.4

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JiWX​EG

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JzHc​XU

gaabnz wrote in post #18056455
Totally unedited, straight out of camera shot.

A7mkii with Samyang 24mm F1.4

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JiWX​EG _DSC8537 by Gary Ashton, on Flickr

3 shot vertical pano in landscape format

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JzHc​XU _DSC8518-Pano by Gary Ashton, on Flickr

Beautiful MW work. Love the anchoring foreground element in the second.
One of my troubles (other than focus, exposure, etc.) is finding something, anything, to bring the MW down to our Earthly world.